Business Briefs: Edward Jones ranks top in satisfaction
For the fifth year out of the past six, financial-services firm
Uesugi facility on the market
Uesugi Farms’ Highway 25 shipping facility and agricultural land is up for sale.
The family-owned vegetable producer with operations in California and Mexico announced in late 2018 that it would sell off all of its equipment and wind down its operations in 2019. It planted...
County considers new fees for housing
The regional housing crisis may mean new fees for builders in Santa Clara County.
Santa Clara County is considering adding a special fee to all new housing construction, providing funds that would subsidize more affordable housing.
The net effect would be to add to the already...
Great Wolf tests the water in Gilroy
Gilroy city officials visited the Great Wolf Lodge in Southern California and days later a representative from the national water park hotel group came to Gilroy seeking feedback from locals.
Coldwell raises funds for Habitat for Humanity
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Community Foundation has raised more than $95,000 for Habitat for Humanity during the company's recent annual fundraising campaign. The donations were the result of a month-long community-wide raffle held throughout Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage's 57 Northern California offices. Entitled “Homes and Hope,” this was the company's 16th annual fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity, the nonprofit organization that helps low-income families build their own homes. Over the past 15 years, the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Community Foundation has raised more than $2.5 million for Habitat for Humanity chapters in Northern California. The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage team has also volunteered more 50,000 hours and participated in the construction of nearly 200 Habitat for Humanity homes.
Water district suspends Pacheco Reservoir project
Valley Water officials have suspended the development of the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project, which the agency had been working on since 2017 and whose projected total cost has ballooned to more than $3 billion since then.
The Valley Water board of directors voted 6-0 to...
‘Essential’ auto repair shops remain open
Many people choose to ignore the check engine lights on their vehicles, that finicky blinker or other maintenance issues, thinking that taking it to the shop for repairs would require them to be without their only mode of transportation for days on end.
However, with...
Affordable Solar Roofs receives award
GAF, North America’s largest roofing manufacturer, announced that Affordable Solar Roofs of Morgan Hill has received the prestigious GAF Master Elite™ Installation Excellence Award. With no property owner incidents or complaints, this coveted industry award recognizes Affordable Solar Roofs’s dedication to the highest level of quality installations.

















